"play Cupid" meaning in English

See play Cupid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: plays Cupid [present, singular, third-person], playing Cupid [participle, present], played Cupid [participle, past], played Cupid [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play Cupid (third-person singular simple present plays Cupid, present participle playing Cupid, simple past and past participle played Cupid)
  1. To act as matchmaker, trying to coerce or induce two people into a romantic relationship.
    Sense id: en-play_Cupid-en-verb-jY2ZTzTK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys

Inflected forms

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